hootch
English
editNoun
edithootch (countable and uncountable, plural hootches)
- (archaic) Alternative form of hooch (“type of drink”)
- 1911, Robert W. Service, The Trail of '98[1]:
- "I can't hold my hootch so well as I could a few summers ago--and many hard Falls.
- 1920, Ralph S. Kendall, The Luck of the Mounted[2]:
- "Th' few shots av hootch ye had tu throw inta yu' last night tu get ye're Dutch up must be makin' ye see double, me man.
- 1922, Robert C. Benchley, Love Conquers All[3]:
- The basic idea of "Rip Van Winkle" would lend itself admirably to Broadway treatment, for Mr. MacKaye has taken liberties, with the legend and introduced the topical idea of a Magic Flask, containing home-made hootch.
- Alternative form of hooch (“military shelter”)